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ASPLENIUM TRICHOMANES. 



Ramo-depauperatum, Clapham. (Fig. 565.) — Raised from 

 spores by Mr. A. Clapham, of Ramsdale Bank, Scarborough. 

 Resembling depauperatum, except that the rachis divides either 

 near the base or higher up into several branches, and these 

 branches sub-divide, forming an irregular tuft of branchlets 

 varying in number from six to twelve, and most depauperate 

 in these branchlets. The apices of the different portions have 

 dilated obtuse lobes which are almost crispy. 



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Fig. 566.-Apex. 



Fig. 567.— Frond. 



Biceps, Lowe. (Fig. 566.) — A variety raised by Mr. 

 Mapplebeck, late of Woodfield, Moseley, near Birmingham, and 

 said to be quite constant. Length six to eight inches. Pinnae 

 approximate, ovate, and minutely crenate. Branching an inch 



